# US 10,870,539 B2 · Belt having protrusion formed thereon > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,870,539 B2 - Document ID: US10870539B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/627,557 - Filed: 2018-06-28 - Published: 2020-07-09 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2017-06-30 - Assignees: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd. - Applicants: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd. - Inventors: Kentaro Arimachi; Akira Takenaka; Takahide Okazawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10870539B2 ## CPC - B65G 15/42: having ribs, ridges, or other surface projections - B65G 19/10: and attached to a pair of belts, ropes or chains - B65G 19/205: {for article conveyors, e.g. for container conveyors} - B65G 23/06: with projections engaging abutments on belts or chains, e.g. sprocket wheels - D07B 1/02: Ropes built-up from fibrous or filamentary material, e.g. of vegetable origin, of animal origin, regenerated cellulose, plastics - F16G 1/08: with reinforcement bonded by the rubber - F16G 1/28: with a contact surface of special shape, e.g. toothed - G07D 9/00: Counting coins (in combination with coin-sorting G07D3/16); Handling of coins not provided for in the other groups of this subclass - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) - D07B: ROPES OR CABLES IN GENERAL (joining ropes or cables to one another or to other objects B65H69/00, F16G11/00; {mountaineering ropes A63B29/02}; mechanical finishing or dressing of ropes D02J; {braiding D04C}; decorative ropes or cords D04D; suspension cables for bridges E01D19/16; specially adapted for driving, or for being driven by, pulleys or other gearing elements F16G9/00; electric cables or joints insofar as electrical aspects are essential H01B, H01R) - F16G: BELTS, CABLES, OR ROPES, PREDOMINANTLY USED FOR DRIVING PURPOSES; CHAINS; FITTINGS PREDOMINANTLY USED THEREFOR - G07D: HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING ## Abstract The present invention relates to a belt with a protrusion, including: a belt main body including tooth portions at a predetermined tooth pitch on an inner surface of the belt in a longitudinal direction, and a cord extending in the longitudinal direction and arranged at a predetermined cord pitch in a width direction; and a protruding portion formed on a back surface of the belt main body by an integral formation, in which: the cord has a fineness of 900 to 1100 deniers, and a ratio of a total of intervals between the adjacent cords to a belt width of 12 to 45%; and the protruding portion is arranged outside the tooth portions, has a hardness of 81 to 91 degrees, and has a base width smaller than the tooth pitch. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A belt with a protrusion, comprising: a belt main body comprising tooth portions at a predetermined tooth pitch on an inner surface of the belt in a longitudinal direction, and a cord extending in the longitudinal direction and arranged at a predetermined cord pitch in a width direction which is embedded in a back portion thereof; and a protruding portion formed on a back surface of the belt main body by an integral formation, wherein the cord has a fineness of 900 to 1100 deniers, and a ratio of a total of intervals between adjacent cords to a belt width of 12 to 45%, wherein the protruding portion is arranged outside the tooth portions, has a hardness of 81 to 91 degrees in accordance with Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) K6253:2012, measured with an A-type hardness meter, and has a base width smaller than the tooth pitch, and wherein the cord comprises a polyester fiber. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The belt with a protrusion according to claim 1, wherein the cord has a diameter of 0.33 to 0.37 mm; the cord pitch is 0.4 to 0.6 mm, and wherein the interval between the adjacent cords is 0.05 to 0.27 mm. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The belt with a protrusion according to claim 1, wherein the belt width is 3 to 5 mm, and the tooth pitch is 2 to 3 mm. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The belt with a protrusion according to claim 1, having a ratio of the base width to the tooth pitch of 66% or more and less than 100%. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A conveying mechanism comprising: two or more belts with a protrusion according to claim 1 arranged in parallel; a conveying member fitted and fixed to the protruding portions so as to bridge between the two or more belts with a protrusion; and a pulley on which the two or more belts with a protrusion are wound, wherein the conveying mechanism is configured such that the conveying member pushes and transfers an object to be conveyed while the two or more belts with a protrusion circulate in synchronization with a rotation of the pulley. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The conveying mechanism according to claim 5, wherein the pulley comprises a pulley having a diameter of 7.6 to 19.1 mm and a number of teeth of 12 to 20. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The belt with a protrusion according to claim 1, wherein the protruding portion is aligned, in the longitudinal direction of the belt, with a center of a toothed portion.